Proud Boys leader Tarrio loses newest bid for launch from jail

May 28 (Reuters) - A choose has denied the latest request by Enrique Tarrio, the former top leader of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, for release from jail while he awaits trial on prison fees relating to final year's assault on the U.S. Capitol.

In an order issued late on Friday night, U.S. District Decide Timothy Kelly said the proof towards Tarrio is "very sturdy" and that measures like a bond and home confinement "don't adequately mitigate the threat of dangerousness Tarrio poses."

Kelly said that Tarrio "has the ability set, assets, and networks to plan related challenges to the lawful functioning of america government sooner or later."

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A judge in Florida beforehand denied a request by Tarrio for pretrial release, which is common in the U.S. legal system due to the presumption of innocence given to folks accused of crimes. Tarrio asked Kelly to evaluate the Florida choose's order.

Tarrio is among the most high-profile of greater than 775 folks criminally charged for their roles in the assault on the Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump in an effort to keep Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election victory.

Police arrested Tarrio on Jan. 4, 2021, for burning a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic African-American church in December 2020, a cost for which he later served 4 months in jail.

Prosecutors said Tarrio maintained an active leadership role behind the scenes on Jan. 6, forcefully telling his followers on social media to not depart the Capitol, and later, in the encrypted chat, telling them: "We did this."

Tarrio's legal professional Nayib Hassan advised reporters in March Tarrio left Washington, D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021 - a day earlier than the attack on the Capitol.

"It is our estimation as far as what we have now reviewed right now that the evidence is weak," Hassan mentioned.

Thousands of people stormed the Capitol that day to try to preserve Congress from certifying present President Joe Biden’s victory over then-President Donald Trump, a Republican. More than 800 face legal costs.

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Reporting by Jan Wolfe, Modifying by Louise Heavens

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